Some Randomness!!

 

We really enjoyed having friends and family

here for the wedding. There was a lot

of fun, craziness, stupidity, ping pong battles,

guitar playing, coke can fights (started by Grandpa),

bad singing, dress up lunacy, eating too much sugar,

 drinking too much soft drink, teddy cuddling at Woolies (by the boys),

making sure everyone who could, got to drive in the Territory

(not necessarily at 130km/hr), staying up late,

giggling and the list goes on..........

 

Guest appearance from Cowboy Lollipop

 

 

 

 

 

And...............??????????

 

 

Doing the cowboy thing

 

Hanging out in our non existent lounge room

 

 A tired truck driver and an old Grandpa

 

 

Yes, its still the same lollipop stick after 4 hours!

 

Goofy cousins!!

 

Lovely ladies in their 'petal' hats

(according to India and Emilee)

 



 

Mr Simeon Be Cool..........or not???

 

And for all you lovely girls out there searching for

your knight in shining armour............

 

Ummm........???????

 

Keep looking!!

 

 

 

After the Wedding...............

 

 

Well, after Lauren and Cam drove off into the sunset,

the ones left behind, namely the family,

set off for some adventures of our own.

 

The first little trip we took, was to visit

Mataranka and of course, a swim at Bitter Springs.

 

On our way to Mataranka, we did something

I've wanted to do since we moved to Katherine.

 

Dress a termite mound!!

 

 

If you make you way to Mataranka,

you will see, by the side of the road,

many termite mounds that travellers have

dressed in many different ways.

 

Well, I had just the dress, and we found just the anthill.

 

She was even already sporting a face,

thanks to some other passerby,

complete with a redback spider on her nose!

 

 

 

We had a great time dressing her, and as Dave

goes by there 4 times a week, he is keeping

an eye on her progress. Someone has already added

a hat, which is great, she needed one under the

scorching Territory sun!

 

Her name is Hilda.

So if you're passing by, stop and say hello to her for us!

 

 

 

 

We also took time to visit the old Homestead of

"We of the Never Never" fame.

 

Grandma and Pa were happy to be surrounded by

almost all of their granddaughters!

(Minus Lauren, Brianna and Ellia)

 

 

 

Here is a short video clip of swimming in the

crystal clear, Bitter Springs.

(funny, I saw some tourists drinking it to see if it was Bitter:)

 

 

 

 

The next outing was a trip out to Katherine Gorge

and a short steep walk up to the lookout

(where Cam proposed to Lauren)

 

Grandma even climbed to the top in her

heeled shoes!! (see video below)

 

 

 

A beautiful view!

(The view, I mean, not the girls)

 

 

A few shots of some of God's beautiful creation

 And another Territory day ends

with bats screeching overhead and the gentle

lapping of the water against the jetty.

 

(actually, maybe not so gentle when we tried to get it rocking

just to see who would squeal!)

 

 

And of course, we did the rounds of all the shops in Katherine

to prove that we actually have everything we need here

and a lot we don't!

 

The weather was beautiful with crisp, cool mornings which

stopped abruptly with everyone's departure.

We are now having wonderful dry, hot days

ranging between 36 and 38 degrees!

So, no more need for jackets or doonas around here!

 

 



LAUREN AND CAM'S WEDDING

 

Well, here it is! Our photographer, Suzie,

did an amazing job with the help of Cam's

sister, Rachel (whose photos we are yet to see).

 

Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When it came to the cake, we had to be different.

I decided we needed a bogged Toyota Hilux

just for Cam's pleasure.

Complete with muddy footprints up the side!

It was a lot of fun making it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JILL THE "TRUCKIE"

 

(HA HA)

 

 

 

Well, on Saturday I was able to spend the day

with Dave, carting hay.

The only difference this time,

was that I got to drive the road train!!

 

Yes, I did say DRIVE!!!!

YEE-HAHHHHHHHHHH

 

Me with my rig!

 

 

 

Dave needed someone to go with him

to drive the truck while he loaded the hay

with the Manitou (forklift), as the haystacks

were very far apart and in different paddocks

and he couldn't do both things.

 

So he suggested to his boss that I go along

and she said "Yeah, let her drive the truck!"

 

Well, as some of you already know,

I love to drive anything with wheels (or tracks

or whatever) and will

give anything a go!

 

So, how about a triple road train?

Yeah, that means 3 trailers!

Always wanted to drive a truck!

 

It was a lot of fun.

I had to take it through a narrow gate

and also around a right angle corner that

looked like you'd never get 3 trailers around it.

(Dave actually had to clear some of the

scrub with the Manitou before

I could attempt it)

 

But with Dave's expert guidance walking ahead

of me, I made it without mishap.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Got to see this crazy whirly-whirly!

 

 

 

And at the end of our 12 hours carting hay,

I was nice and dusty and dirty!

 

 

I have uploaded a video for you, to prove my story.

This is me, driving through the paddock:)

 

 

 

 

 Here is another video of me driving the Manitou!

(Yes, I had to try that too. I loaded one bale of hay

just to give it a go)

 

 

 

Okay, no more truck stories for today.

Guess I'd better get back to wedding preparations.

 

 

PS. It's Maddy's 13th Birthday today,

so we now have 4 teenage girls in our house!

Yes, you can all feel sorry for Dave now!  

 

 



ABBI CREATES!!

 

 

Abbi just recently finished an 8 week

cake decorating course that taught

her the basics of cake decorating.

 

For the last class, they had to bring a plain

iced cake and decorate it!

 

Wa-Lah! Here was her effort!

 

 

 

Needless to say, we were all very impressed! 

We're sick with the flu!

 

 

 

 

 

And my tombstone when I die........

ha ha